Automatic weighing apparatus.



G. G. VOGLESONG.

AUTOMATIC WEIGHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1912.

' Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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I ATTEST G. G. VOGLESONG. AUTOMATIC WEIGHING APPARATUS.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1912. 1,083,959. Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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CHARLES C. VOGLESONG, 0F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

AUTOMATIC WEIGHING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Application filed September 23, 1912. Serial No. 721,737.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES C. VoeLnsons, citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Weighing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates to a weighing apparatus adapted especially to weigh mixed materials in a dry state intended for use in the manufacture of what has become known as plaster board,

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus partially in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the particular parts throu h which the material passes to a container or the weighed material. Fi 3 is a plan view of the weighing beam an receptacle.

In handling the materials for the manufacture of plaster board by my process or method it isimportant that the materials be first thoroughly mixed in a dry state and then accurately measured or weighed as the work progresses to make blocks of a uniform size and density, and I have found that weighing of the material for each block is essential and that such weighing should be automatic and adapted to repeat as the work pro resses. To these ends I provide certain nee ed mechanism comprising a receiving hopper H of a downwardly tapered pattern into which the material is fed or supplied from any available source and wherein it is intended to be stirred or agitated to keep it the hopper.

alive and promote admixture. In the present construction I provide a horizontally rotatable bar 3 sup orted at its middle in the top of the sai hopper and provided with a short shaft carrying a bevel gear (7 meshing with a drivin gear 9' on a sha and chains 2 hang rom the ends of said bar and keep the material sufliciently under motion about the side of the said hop er to avoid stagnation and to facilitate its ow to or into the feeding device 5 at the bottom of The said device 5 is a reciproeating trough shaped part arranged at a slight inclination to its dischar end and provided with suitably supporte rollers or wheels 6' at its top running on side tracks 6 rigid with the bottom and sides of the hopper, arms 6 ortheir equivalent serving to sup rt said wheels from the sides of the feecf device 5. A slide door d governs the flow of the d material into the said feeding device an regulates the flow from the said hopper. Power is applied to the said device to reciprocate the same by means of a band wheel 8 and an eccentric connecting rod 7 engaged with said Wheel in any one of the several holes 8 according to the throw of said device that may he wanted, and said wheel is actuated from electric motor m at intervals as hereinafter described.

The weighing receptacle 10 is a suitable box shaped part carried at its top by the balancing bar or beam 12 which has side arms 11 engaging said receptacle and a drop bottom 14 is hinged on the bottom edge of said receptacle and has a suitable counterweight 13 and arm 14' which is sufiicient in any event to automatically close said bottom when there is no pressure from inside and the said weight may be adjusted to meet conditions as usual. A- catch 0 pivoted on the side of the receptacle engages a lip or projection 15 on the bottom 14 and holds the bottom in closed position under a load. The said catch has a spring 3 to keep it engaged and a magnet 16 is in o eratlve relations with the upper end of sai catch and adapted to swing the same on its pivot and open the catch and drop the bottom 14 the instant the load in. receptacle 10 reaches a certain predetermined weight overcoming the weight 13. d

On the electrical side of the apparatus I employ a battery B for the various electrical connections having to do with the weighing mechanism, and a source of energy, as a dynamo D, having working relations with the motor m and adapted to .be thrown into and out of circuit by the weighing beam 12. The several wires or lines shown indicate the current connections, and battery energy flows to the said motor or source of driving energy therefor to run the motor when contact of beam 12 occurs at oint 9 and the weighing receptacle 10 has een discharged and is to be refilled, whereas contact occurs at point 17 above when the receptacle has been filled and is to be discharged. Then the magnet 16 is energized and the catch 0 is released to dump the load into the receiver or container 20 beneath. The time of discharge of receptacle 10 and the restoration of the arts for refilling, the beam 12 dropping own into contact 9 as this occurs. Thus the entire operation of the apparatus is made automatic and requires no personal care or attention. A switch 22 is provided in the motor or dynamo circuit 23.

A suitable guide chute 24 of funnel shape is shown into which the material is delivered from device 5 and thence into receptacle 10. The said chute has no bottom and is in fixed relation as respects the said receptacle but small enough at the bottom to always direct the material thereinto. Otherwise any suitable means of delivery of the material from the shaker 5 to the receptacle 10 may be adopted. Practically the electrical circuit 23 is between point 9 and the motor m and is so treated herein. Specifically, the two contacts 9 and 17 on the beam 12 are insulated from each other and close the circuits by engaging either of the fixed contacts a and n on the frame work which supports them. The pivot of beam 12 is at 25.

Usually the apparatus has an automatic register attached thereto, but not shown herein which registers the dumps made by the machine in any given time.

In operation the weight 18 is moved on the bar 12 to such position as will exactly measure and fix the weight of the charge in receptacle 10, and in that case will close the circuit at 9 on the motor. The parts will remain in this position until the weight 13 is overcome by the charge in the receptacle and the bar 12 is tilted into contact at 17. This change throws the energy of battery B the said motor and the said receptacle bot-- tom respectively and adapted to stop and start the said motor alternately with the ac tion of said receptacle.

2. A machine having a hopper to receive the material and an agitator therein, a-

weighing receptacle adapted to be balanced within limits, a reciprocating feeding device at the bottom of said hopper and a stationary chute for the material between said device and the top of said receptacle, in combination with an electrical motor in actuating relations with said feeding device I and electrical means controlled by said receptacle adapted to automatically stop and start said motor.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES C. VOGLESONG.

\Vitnesses:

C. F. CoBURN, W. R. DREXEL. 

